Rail on guard: Metro-North prepares for threat of rising sea levels

Metro-North prepares for threat of rising sea levels

12:02 AM,
Apr. 22, 2014

People walk toward the platforms at the Poughkeepsie Train Station on Oct. 28, 2012. Along with Metro-North trains, New York City buses and the subway system were scheduled to stop running on 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Written by

John Ferro
Poughkeepsie Journal

At the height of Superstorm Sandy, half of Metro-North Railroad's Hudson River line was underwater.

But by the end of the century, many parts of the commuter railroad could be underwater - every day.

If sea levels rise by 2.5 feet - less than half of the current worst-case projections - low-lying portions of the railroad that carries an average of 1,800 riders south from Poughkeepsie every weekday will be inundated at high tide. ...